FOOD PRODUCT SCALE AND RELATED IN-STORE RANDOM WEIGHT ITEM TRANSACTION SYSTEM WITH RFID
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Abstract
A random weight item transaction system include a scale with label RFID tag functionality, service person RFID tag functionality and customer RFID tag functionality. A slicer in proximity to the scale may include service person and bulk food product RFID functionalities. The scale may make weigh transaction data available to a computerized checkout system via a communications link or via writing the information to the label RFID tag.
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42 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A label printing mechanism for handling labels with associated RFID tags, the mechanism comprising:
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a housing; a label supply location within the housing; a print head located within the housing along a label path for printing indicia on labels passing thereby; a label RF unit for reading and/or writing label RFID tags on labels, the label RF unit positioned downstream of the print head along the label path so as to read and/or write label RFID tags after printing on the labels carrying the label RFID tags has been effected by the print head; and a controller associated with the print head and the label RF unit for operation thereof. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A label printing mechanism for handling labels with associated RFID tags, the mechanism comprising:
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a housing; a label supply location within the housing; a print head located within the housing along a label path for printing indicia on labels passing thereby; a label RF unit for reading and/or writing label RFID tags on labels; and a controller associated with the print head and the label RF unit for operation thereof, wherein during a label output process the controller is operable to; control the label RF unit to identify whether a given label includes a non-function label RFID tag and, if so, to control the print head to effect printing of a void indication on the given label. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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